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Stratigraphic range: Mio-Pliocene (prob. Homerian stage)
Kinds of fossils: Pollen and spores
Quadrangle or area: Mt. Hayes A-4 quad.
Shipment No.: A-72-10D
Referred by: Weber, Florence R.
Report prepared by: Leopold, Estella B.
Date: 06/20/1973

Re your sample of the Gakona Formation, Oligocene in age according to Art Grantz thesis.

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72AWr183 (Paleobotany loc. D4940) , Mt Hayes , from a cone bearing horizon, from near middle of Sec. 34 between McCallum Creek and Phelan Creek, and about 1 mile east of the Richardson Highway, Mt. Hayes A-4 quad., 1:63,360, central Alaska Range, Alaska. (Assigned USGS Paleobot. loc. D4940).
Pinaceae undet.
Picea
Pinus?
Pinus * (Tertiary relict)
Sciadopitys sp. * (Tertiary relict)
Ephedra cf. torreyana * (Tertiary relict)
Abies?
Populus?
Alnus (4-5 pored)
Betula
Betula (w/ 3 arcs)
Fagaceae, cf. Castanopsis
Juglandaceae; Juglans or Pterocarya
cf. Corylus
P3 and C3 undet., possibly Tertiary types
Gramineae
Ericales
Cyperaceae
Monocots undet.
Dicots undet.
Total pollen
Lycopodium cf. complanatum
Lycopodium cf. annotinum
Trilete spores
Monolete spores
Sphagnum
Total spores